AMD A6-3400M vs Intel Atom x5-Z8350. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  AMD A Intel Atom
• Generation
  1 1
• CPU group
  AMD A6-3000M Intel Atom x3/x5/x7

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  1.40 GHz 1.44 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.30 GHz 1.92 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  2.30 GHz 1.92 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 6520G Intel HD Graphics 400
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz 0.20 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 0.50 GHz
• Execution units
  5 12
• Shader
  320 96
• Max. GPU Memory
  1 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Generation
  3 8
• DirectX Version
  11 12
• Technology
  32 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2011 Q1/2015

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No Decode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Atom x5-Z8350 and AMD A6-3400M. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1333 DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• Max. Memory
  2 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 1
• PCIe version
  2.0
• PCIe lanes
  1

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A6-3400M and Intel Atom x5-Z8350 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  35 W 2 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A6-3400M and AMD A6-3400M, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT
• ISA extensions
  SSE3, SSE4a SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Llano (K10) Cherry Trail
• Technology
  32 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  FS1 BGA 592
• Release date
  Q2/2011 Q1/2016